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People still stared and that was the last straw. I screamed loudly
and my whole body was trembling. I was sitting on the floor, arms
around my knees, trying to embrace myself. I was shivering in a
corner of a room, tired of acting like everything’s alright. All eyes
were upon me, and the hardest thing to do was to breathe. I kept
gasping for air, but my lungs needed more oxygen. I did not try to
conceal it any longer. It was about time I lost. The fight was endless
and tedious, though I managed to conquer it for years, I knew
today would come, a day where I would totally lose control.
People came closer, while my arms tightened the grip over
my body even more. I was shivering uncontrollably and started
screaming when a person came closer.

“Back off!,” I said.
“Don’t you understand English, I said back off!”

I told them to stay away and leave, and many followed my
command. I heard gossip from people walking out of the room and
eyes were still upon me. My vision was blurry and I could not see
who they were. In fact, I did not even care about what people would
think of me anymore. I just wanted to escape, or everyone to leave.
They felt like demons trying to devour my soul and were extremely
terrifying. They were threats to my peaceful world and I needed
them out. My arms were like shields protecting me from all the
chaos and maybe the only thing that made me feel a little safer.
A minute later, I saw white blurry figures, I counted three of
them, opening the door and coming closer. I screamed again and
told them to stay away.